Red Astaire

SlapperCast Episode 376: "Red Astaire"

We recorded this one last week during a day off on tour in Oregon, near Bend.

Topics discussed:

• The sacred rules of black coffee with espresso shots
• Our favorite Blaggards shirt designs
• Patrick’s disgust with generic AI-generated posters
• The difference between flying to gigs and touring in the van
• Our legendary failed attempt to brew coffee in the van back in 2011 (video included)
• Flying with instruments and Chad’s long history of bass travel anxiety

00:00:00 — Tour updates
00:05:04 — Favorite Blaggards t-shirts
00:06:58 — AI-generated posters
00:09:28 — Favorite t-shirts from other bands
00:13:02 — What makes a good hoodie
00:14:12 — Flying on tour rather than driving
00:15:03 — Tour tips
00:15:22 — Our attempt to brew coffee in the van
00:18:08 — More about flying instead of driving

Prodigious Saps: profusive nerdery from Chad Smalley of Blaggards and Brendan Jones of Tesla City Stories.
https://linktr.ee/prodigioussaps

RELATED LINKS:

Blaggards
https://blaggards.com/

SlapperCast: a weekly podcast/road diary from Blaggards:
https://linktr.ee/slappercast

Tesla City Stories
https://www.teslacitystories.com

Breakfast of the Gods
https://www.indyplanet.com/breakfast-of-the-gods

Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters
https://meetthemonsters.podbean.com/